Posted by Eric Kingsley | Feb 26, 2021 |
In California, employers who violate wage and hour laws can be slapped with severe penalties.
In any type of action against your employer for unpaid wages, you will be seeking monetary compensation for the wages you should have been paid or the wages you were rightfully owed by your employer for ...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Feb 25, 2021 |
If you have been harassed or discriminated against at work, face a hostile work environment, or have been wrongfully terminated from your job, you may be wondering how to fight for your rights and hold your employer accountable. When you are looking to retain the services of an experienced and kn...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Feb 25, 2021 |
The California Family Rights Act (CFRA) (Gov. Code, § 12945.2) provides unpaid job protection rights for up to twelve work weeks of qualified family leave. A California labor and employment attorney at Kingsley & Kingsley can help you with the law. The CFRA provides job protection benefits for qu...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Feb 03, 2021 |
The first question many may ask as they contemplate filing a wrongful termination lawsuit is what the average wrongful termination settlement might be.
The answer, as always, is that the amount of the settlement, or the value of a wrongful termination case, depends on a number of factors as well ...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Feb 01, 2021 |
An employment lawsuit in California typically stems from a dispute that arises between an employer and an employee. This could be over harassment or discrimination in the workplace, a dispute over wages, retaliatory action or wrongful termination. The types of monetary damages you receive in an e...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Feb 01, 2021 |
Employment lawsuits, particularly those that involve discrimination, could take a long time to get resolved. If you have been in any type of legal dispute, you know that any process involving the law and courts could move at a frustratingly slow pace.
Typically, a discrimination lawsuit in a Cali...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Jan 18, 2021 |
The statute of limitations is a specific time period allotted for filing certain types of lawsuits. Each type of legal action has a specific filing deadline. If a lawsuit is not filed within this deadline, your lawsuit may not be accepted or heard.
After the statute of limitations has run on the ...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Jan 14, 2021 |
A scientific glassblower has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Caltech alleging that he was fired in 2018 in retaliation for complaining about not being provided proper work accommodations for his medical condition. According to a report on Pasadena Now, the former employee's lawsuit f...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Jan 04, 2021 |
Before you can file a lawsuit for discrimination under federal laws such as Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, or the Americans with Disabilities Act, you must file what is known as "a charge of discrimination" with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which is a ...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Dec 29, 2020 |
Five current and former employees at a Chula Vista community college have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the institution alleging a hostility toward Black employees including calling them racial slurs and overlooking them for promotions. According to a report by the San Diego Union Tribun...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Dec 15, 2020 |
A former Target employee has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the company alleging retaliation and wrongful termination. According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, the employee who previously suffered a traumatic brain injury said he was mistreated at work and fired in 2019 on the basis of...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Nov 30, 2020 |
A former employee filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Amazon saying that his employer retaliated against him for enforcing COVID-19 safety protocols, which he was instructed to enforce. According to a news report, Amazon hired the employee as a "Learning Ambassador" at a New Jersey facil...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Nov 25, 2020 |
Employers often adopt the strategy of laying off employees when finances get tight or when there is an economic downturn. Right now, for example, the coronavirus pandemic has led to numerous layoffs not just here in California, but around the country. However, regardless of the financial position...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Nov 07, 2020 |
California is an at-will employment state, which means that generally speaking, an employer can fire an employee for any reason and not have to offer justifications for that decision. That said an employer is prohibited from terminating employees for reasons that would be in violation or federal,...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Nov 06, 2020 |
Under federal law, employers are prohibited from discriminating against employees or job applicants on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions. If you believe that your employer has fired you or discriminated against you because of your pregnancy or related conditions, you may be...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Sep 25, 2020 |
Wells Fargo has agreed to make job offers to 580 applicants and pay $7.8 million in back wages and interest to settle allegations of hiring discrimination by the U.S. Department of Labor. According to a report on Hrdive.com, the allegation stated that the company violated federal law by discrimin...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Sep 01, 2020 |
Is wrongful termination hard to prove? In California, employment is "at will," which means employers can terminate employees without giving cause or justification and employees can quit their jobs without providing cause or justification as well.
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Posted by Eric Kingsley | May 26, 2020 |
In 2018, the deduction for unreimbursed employee expenses was eliminated by The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was passed by Congress. Before this law was passed, employees who incurred job-related expenses such as travel expenses were able to list them as itemized deductions on their federal tax r...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Apr 19, 2020 |
If you are a California worker who has been laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic or any other reason, you may be eligible to collect unemployment benefits. In California, employees who are temporarily out of work may qualify for unemployment. Right now, millions are out of a job in the st...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Apr 14, 2020 |
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating not just for California or the United States, but also at a global level.
In the United States, more than 16 million people have filed for unemployment in the last three weeks.
Economists are predicting that at least 20 million ...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Jan 25, 2020 |
The type of discrimination most people know about is discrimination based on sex, race, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion, marital status, and pregnancy.
To pursue a claim protesting this kind of discrimination, a person must file a claim with an administrative agency...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Dec 09, 2019 |
Life isn't always predictable. Be it the birth of a child or being hampered by an illness or disability, workers in California can feel vulnerable and helpless in such situations especially with questions over finances and continued employment hovering over their heads. There are a number of ques...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Oct 29, 2019 |
If you are a California employer that uses interns, or provides training to individuals that could lead to employment, you run the risk of having these individuals qualify as “employees”. And with “employee” status, it may require you to comply with Labor Code requirements dealing with minimum wa...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Oct 15, 2019 |
One of the ways to prove wrongful termination is with an implied contract. When an employer does not abide by the terms of implied or oral contract and terminates an employee without “good cause”, it could be considered wrongful termination and you can take legal action in California.
What is an...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Sep 08, 2019 |
How is overtime and holiday pay affected by California Prevailing Wage Law?
Under California Prevailing Wage Law, minimum wage standards are regulated for all workers performing on construction projects of $1,000 or more funded in whole or part by public funds.
Wages are based on trade, craft or ...